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- The internet was never a danger to children’s mental health until social media engagement algorithms. The real solution is to ban any and all engagement algorithms that are designed to get people addicted.
Age checks, aka identity checks, are just another blatant attempt to siphon more personal data by linking your real identity to all of your web activity
by fivetenpen - [dupe] Discussion on associated blog post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48706560